You need to come visit Cletus! Picture if you will: city people, who buy a house in the country. Not some developed country ranchette area but an area referred to by humblegunner as "meth-head city mixed with some cool places in between."
Said city people have a lovely large brick home on .4 acre surrounded by 12 acres of Mr. and Mrs. Wneighbor. We have a hiking path down to our fishing spot on the lake, goes right by their driveway, I've planted a bunch of fruit trees all around the property in the last 2 weeks. No mask, just running around our acreage with her freaking the heck out.
I was in Arkansas the first week of the "15 days" because my great grandkid needed childcare. My neighbors and mother-in-law freaked the heck out. Yeah, granddaughter was exposed to a wuflu positive person at work, US Air Force. The 8 month old kid needed childcare. It's what grannies do! And the USAF doesn't tend to give excuses for people "exposed but not positive." Anyway, all of us are healthy, no symptoms. But my neighbor acts like I'm encased in a dirty bomb, but I have only left our acres once since coming home. But I walk my happy buns all over this 12 acres, down to the lake, puttering with garden from morning to night. Freaks neighbors out.
P.S. I've been nice too. I offered her a loaf of homemade bread last week and TP if they're out. No dice. She sits outside for Vit D but retreats to her back door when I hollor my hellos. Honestly, trying to be neighbor-like, but will not abandon my rights, and the whole scenario is a hoot. And dadgummit if you move to the "real country" you need to listen to the locals.
I am in a very small town in AZ, in the mountains. Two and a half hours from Phoenix metro area. We have been inundated with part-timers who fled the city. Poor cable guy has been swamped. People can’t live without their internet.
Last night one of these neighbors just happened to stop by. My sweetheart went out to do the chores and he had to follow along. I could hear them talking just outside the house after awhile. I called my sweetheart to “rescue” him and give him an excuse to get away. Funny thing was, his phone was on speaker so the visitor heard. He left shortly after. LOL
We have been able to get supplies, fortunately I try to keep a good pantry all the time. I bought my seeds for my garden early and am getting an early start with seedlings growing in the greenhouse. I also managed to get my beets, turnips, lettuce, kohrabi, spinach and peas going. Now I am just praying for some warmer weather.
:: You need to come visit Cletus! ::
I have. Numerous times. AT least 2x/yr from 2012 to 2017.
Bluebonnets, outcrops, trees...all foreign to West Texans but they do occasionally pine for the “fjords” of Hill Country.
Junction to Kerrville is beautiful, year round. The prickly pear bloom soon after the bluebonnets. And then there are the “Lady Bird Widlflowers”. Sportsmen should stop in Junction for a couple hours to wade the Llano for a Guadalupe bass, fly-fishing. Then, in the winter, take a route through “Freds”-burg.
Guess I’ll stop so that no one accuses me of hill-culture appropriation.
Good grief - everyone has at least one neighbor like that, at least in the suburbs. Out in the country, I would have thought that natural selection would have culled such idiots from the herd long ago.
Anyway, I’ve been out in the yard working, as most of my neighbors have, mowing, fertilizing, overseeding, trimming branches on trees, and I’ll be outside in the yard again today. Fresh air, warm temperatures, sunshine, and a very long list of things I’ve ignored for a few years.
If they have a beef with that, they can KMA. From 6 feet away, of course.